The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) has named former assistant coach Moses Basena and former goalkeeping coach Fred Kajoba as their interim coaches following the departure of Serbian manager Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojević .

Basena and Kajoba will take over the Uganda cranes for the two World Cup qualification matches against Egypt on Thursday, August 31 and Tuesday, September 5.

"Moses Basena and Fred Kajjoba will handle the team up to the return leg against Egypt. For now we are not receiving applications,"

When asked about his readiness, Basena simply replied “Why not? It’s the job I’ve been doing. Only that I’ve been doing it differently in the past as an assistant.”

Basena has also commented on former coach Micho, saying: “He [Micho] may have failed or excelled without me but what he achieved with me and Kajoba are team achievements. I wish things remain same in terms of how we’ve been doing the job.”

“We have always had sleepless nights with him on strategizing and the like, that’s how good he was,” Basena added.

“It has gone too far now, the point of no return has been reached,” Micho told BBC Sport when asked if there was any chance he might change his mind.

“It is like someone died to me or a break up with a woman.

“If you stay you think so much, but if you work you forget about it all and move on,” Micho told BBC Sport.

Basena and Kajoba will have their first test when the cranes face Egypt on the 31st of August in Kampala, before traveling to Alexandria on the 5th of September for the return leg against the Pharaohs.